the castle's up there, on top of the hillel castillo está allí arriba, en la cima del monte

"Which way is the church?" "It's up there, through that alleyway"

3(in northern place, capital etc)

we're up for the dayhemos venido a pasar el día;when you're next up this wayla próxima vez que pases por aquí

how long have you lived up here?¿cuánto tiempo llevas viviendo aquí?

when you're next up herela próxima vez que pases por aquí

he lives up in Scotlandvive en Escocia

up in London(allá) en Londres

up northen el norte

how long did you live up there?¿cuánto tiempo estuviste viviendo allí or allá?

the next time you're up therela próxima vez que pases por allí or allá

he's up in Leeds/Scotland for the weekend

to go up to London/to universityir a Londres/a la universidad

I was on my way up to London

4(standing)de pie

while you're up, can you get me a glass of water?ya que estás de pie, ¿me puedes traer un vaso de agua?;the ladder was up against the wallla escalera estaba apoyada en or contra la pared

up [against] the wall

5(out of bed)

to be up(get up)levantarse;(be active)estar levantado;we were up at 7nos levantamos a las 7;what time will you be up¿a qué hora te levantarás?;is Peter up yet?¿está levantado Peter?;I'm usually up by 7 o'clocknormalmente a las 7 estoy levantado;we were still up at midnighta medianoche seguíamos sin acostarnos;a medianoche todavía estábamos levantados

he's always up earlyI was up late this morningI was up late last night

she was up and about at 6 a.m.lleva en pie desde las 6 de la mañana

to be up and about again[+sick person]estar repuesto

to be up all nightno acostarse en toda la noche

he was up all night writing the essayshe was up all night because the baby was ill

get up!¡levántate!

6(raised)

with his head up (high)con la cabeza bien levantada or erguida;several children had their hands upvarios niños habían levantado la mano;the blinds were uplas persianas estaban subidas or levantadas;he sat in the car with the windows upse sentó en el coche con las ventanillas subidas

this side upeste lado hacia arriba

look, the flag is up!mira, la bandera está izada

7(in price, value)

potatoes are uphan subido las patatas

petrol is up againshares are up in London this morningtourism is upthe standard is up

how are you up on your military history?¿cómo andan tus conocimientos de historia militar?

14(wrong)

there's something up with himalgo le pasa

there's something up with the TVle pasa algo a la tele

what's up?¿qué pasa?

what's up with him?¿que le pasa?

what's up with your leg?

15(in running order)

first upel primero (de la lista);next upel siguiente (de la lista)

first up was Tess Buxton, who sang ...next up to the microphone was John French

16(Jur)

her case isn't due up until next weeksu caso no se verá hasta la próxima semana;to be up before the judge/board[+person](tener que) comparecer ante el juez/el consejo;[+case, matter]verse ante el juez/en el consejo

the case will be up before the magistrate next monthNext time he's up before the parole board, he said, he wouldn't be quite so honestEarlier this season, I was up before the Football Association disciplinary committee for comments I made after the Oldham v Coventry gameI don't want to be up before the SFA disciplinary committee by saying too much

17(risen)

the river is upel río ha subido

the sun is upha salido el sol

the tide is upla marea está alta

his blood is uple hierve la sangre

Bligh's blood was up and he wanted revengeA group of Asians bent on taking revenge on a white youth murdered a harmless schoolboy by stabbing him in the back, a jury heard yesterday. "Their blood was up and therefore any white boy would serve as a targetIt turned out that the Russians' blood was up after they had been stopped for 24 hours at the German frontier by suspicious border guards

three seats are up for electiontres escaños salen a elecciones;most politicians up for reelection know this(seeking)la mayoría de los políticos que se presentan a la reelección lo saben;every two years, a third of the Senate comes up for electioncada dos años se renueva una tercera parte del Senado;to be up for sth(ready, willing)tener ganas de algo;are you up for it?¿estás dispuesto?

Let's climb to the top of that hill. Are you up for it?

up to(till, as far as)hasta

up to nowhasta ahora;hasta la fecha;up to this weekhasta esta semana;up to herehasta aquí;up to £10hasta 10 libras nada más;to count up to 100contar hasta 100;we were up to our knees/waist in waterel agua nos llegaba por or hasta las rodillas/la cintura

to be up to one's knees/waist in water

what page are you up to?¿por qué página vas?

up to and including chapter 5

to be up to a task(capable of)estar a la altura de una tarea;estar en condiciones de realizar una tarea

are you (feeling) up to going for a walk?¿te sientes con ganas de dar un paseo?

he really isn't up to going back to work yet

I don't feel up to going outno tengo ánimos para salir

to be up to sth(doing)

what are you up to?¿qué andas haciendo?;what are you up to with that knife?¿qué haces con ese cuchillo?;he's up to somethingestá tramando algo;what does he think he's up to?¿qué diablos piensa hacer?;I see what you're up tote veo venir;what have you been up to lately?¿qué has estado haciendo últimamente?

to be up to a standard/to much(equal to)

it isn't up to his usual standardno está a su nivel de siempre;the book isn't up to much(Britain)el libro no vale mucho

to be up to sb(depend on)

it's up to you to decidete toca (a ti) decidir;I feel it is up to me to tell himcreo que me corresponde a mí decírselo

it's up to us to make sure this doesn't happen again

I wouldn't do it but it's up to youyo (que tú) no lo haría, pero allá tú or tú verás;I'd go, but it's up to youpor mí iría, pero depende de ti;if it were or was up to mesi dependiera de mí

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